Eighth Grade

Stephen Reif

8th Grade Homeroom

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Kathy Bartholomew

8th Grade Homeroom

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What will my child learn?

√ Bible
√ English
√ Math
√ Reading
√ Computer
√ History
√ Science
√ Intro to Spanish
√ Fine Arts

Bible

- Total Credits: 1

In addition to attending Bible classes three times a week, students are required to attend a chapel service every Monday and Friday. Parents are welcome to attend these services, which begin at 8:30 am.

• Portraits of the Old Testament
• Course Description: Old Testament Heroes

Each lesson studies that life of an Old Testament character along with a memory verse for each lesson.

English

- Total Credits: 1

• Course Description:

Spelling, vocabulary, and poetry - study several lists of words, two hundred forty vocabulary words, memorize nine poems. Field trip to Dickens' Christmas Carol display in Philadelphia. Grammar: Study all parts of speech, capitalization, punctuation, and diagramming.
Literature: Study of various stories by well known authors.
Novels: Read several throughout the year, including Holes and Hound of the Baskervilles.
Composition: Various writing projects including several forms, creative writing and personal writing, and journals.
Spelling, Vocabulary, and Poetry: Study several lists of words, two hundred forty vocabulary words, memorize nine poems.
Field Trip: Dickens' Christmas Carol display in Philadelphia.

Math

- Algebra I
- Credits: 1

• Integers
• Real Numbers
• Variables
• Solving Equations
• Solving Inequalities
• Relations, Functions and Graphs
• Systems of Equations and Inequalities
• Polynomials
• Factoring Polynomials
• Radicals
• Quadratic Equations
• Rational Expressions

Computer

• Microsoft Word

√ Create, edit, and format documents √ Insert pictures, tables, and charts √ Create resumes and research papers

• Microsoft Excel

√ Create, edit, and format spreadsheets √ Insert pictures, tables, and charts √ Create formulas

• Microsoft PowerPoint

√ Create, edit, and format presentations √ Insert pictures, videos, tables, and charts

• Microsoft Access

√ Create, edit, and format databases

History

• United States History I
• Covers: 1600 - 1850
• Electives: Current Events

Science

- Credits: 1

• Physical Science

Intro to Spanish

• Words that are similar in English and Spanish; How to say “the” in Spanish
• How to make things plural
• Indefinite articles
• How to express actions; How to ask questions and say no in Spanish
• How to count in Spanish
• Telling time in Spanish
• -ER , -AR, and –IR verbs
• Adjectives – how to describe things in Spanish
• Professions and trades; the verb ser
• Expressions with estar; uses of ser and estar
• Days and months
• The verb tener; expressions with tener
• Weather expressions; Seasons; the verb hacer
• Possessive adjectives
• What to say when you like something; the verb gustar

Fine Arts Department

• Band
• Middle school choir
• Hand bells
• Private music lessons available